Butter-package



(No Model.)

L. WELLS.

BUTTER DAGKAGE.

No. 284,927. Patented Sept. l1, 1883.

WITNESSES ATTQRNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT @Prien LEVI WELLS, OF SPRING HILL, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUTTER-PAC KAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming lpart of Letters Patent hlm/284,927, dated September 11, 1883.

Application lilcd July 25, 1883. (No model.) Y

same, reference being had t0 the accompany? ing drawings,`and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon,which forni a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view,A and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view.

This invention has relation to butter-pack` ages, and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of butter-packages composed of a body portion in the form of a pail incased at top and bottoni with iron bands and provided with a tight-fitting cover of wood,

i having a cleat secured to the body by suitable fastenings, and the entire outside of package being coated with Perry Finleys preparation of rubber, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim appended.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a designates the body ofthe pail or package, made of sheetiron, preferably, in the form shown, and bound at the t'op and bottom by iron bands b and c.

(l indicates a tight-fitting cover of wood, provided with a cleat, e, on its top, having one end provided with an angular proj ection, j', adapted to enga-ge a staple, g, on the body a, and the other end provided with a hasp, h, to engage a staple, 17, at the opposite side of the body a, as shown; or other suitable fastenings maybe eniployed. This entire packageis then coated on the exterior and interior with Perry Finleys preparation of rubber,4 which prevents the iron from oxidizing and thoroughly cements the seams and rivet-joints. This rubber coating is commonly known as marine glue,77 and is put on in the form of a paint.

Although I prefer to use Perry Finleys preparation of rubber, I may use any other preparation having rubber as a component part.

I may, if I choose, leave the interior plain, but prefer tol coat it also.

The bottom of the vessel may be plane or concave, and should rest on a band, b', inserted at the bottom inside of the pail.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is#

A butter-package consisting of the body a,

incased at the top and bottom by the iron bands b and c, and having its `bottom resting on an iron band, b', and the tight-fitting cover of wood having the cleat and suitable fasten- T LEVI WELLS.

Vi tnesses B. WV. MAROY, Jas. L. MCLEAN. 

